A New Zealander has been convicted of hurling racial slurs at a female cabin crew member and demanding that he be served by a “white girl” on a British Airways flight from London to Rio de Janeiro.
Peter Nelson was angry after being woken up by Sima Patel-Pryke while flying business class on an 11-and-a-half-hour flight from Heathrow to Brazil.
The dad-of-three said: “You Asians think you are better than us, I don’t want to be served by you lot, I’ve paid your wages for the last 20 years.”
Cabin crew got a restraining kit ready to use on him, the jury at Isleworth Crown Court in west London was told.
